“With six years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda, renewed ambition and accelerated action are essential to achieving good health and well-being for all. Our partnership with eGov plays a pivotal role in supporting countries with digital innovations to scale-up equitable access to health, enabling structural transformation and leaving no one behind,”

– Luciana Mermet, Manager, UNDP Global Fund Partnership and Health Systems Team.

Through UNDP’s partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, UNDP and eGov will initially focus on expanding the use of data and digital technology to increase access to malaria services in Burundi, including the delivery of bed nets for malaria prevention to the last mile. The collaboration will strengthen technical capacity for digitalizing mass campaigns by providing training, knowledge resources and advisory services to UNDP Burundi, the Ministry of Public Health and the Fight Against HIV and other local partners.

“This collaboration is completely in line with eGov’s Theory of Change. We are confident that by working with UNDP, we can catalyze public service delivery that can lead to meaningful, large-scale impact. Through the DIGIT platform, governments can be enabled to deliver public services more effectively and inclusively, transforming the lives of millions of citizens,”

– Viraj Tyagi, CEO, eGov Foundation.

As a technical partner to UNDP’s Digital Health for Development Hub, eGov will help governments streamline processes, use data for decision-making and improve governance toachieve health and well-being for all, reducing inequalities that fuel disease and pandemics. Digitalization will further enhance the resilience and sustainability of national health systems by strengthening the technical capacity to prevent, prepare and respond to future health challenges.

UNDP and eGov Foundation look forward to our partnership to further advance the global agenda for sustainable development and ensure that no one is left behind.

About UNDP:
UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and the planet. Learn more at undp.org or follow at @UNDP.

About UNDP’s partnership with the Global Fund:
UNDP partners with the Global Fund, governments and civil society to end HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and achieve a more equitable, healthier and sustainable future. The partnership strengthens national capacities to deliver essential health services, leave no one behind and build stronger and more resilient systems for health, including in countries facing insecurity, crisis or other capacity constraints. Learn more here.

About UNDP’s Digital Health for Development Hub:
The UNDP Digital Health for Development Hub aims to assist countries to identify, adapt and scale up appropriate digital solutions that strengthen health systems, in line with the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025. The approach fosters effective and inclusive governance for digital health, while concurrently addressing the inequalities that fuel disease and pandemics. Learn more here.

About eGov Foundation:
eGov Foundation is a global leader in digital transformation, committed to using technology for public good. Its open-source platform, DIGIT, enables rapid deployment of scalable public service solutions across sectors such as local governance, public health, public finance, water & sanitation, touching the lives of billions of citizens worldwide.

For additional information, please contact:
Priya Jayaraman, Director of Communications and Academy, eGov Foundation –priya.jayaraman@egovernments.org
Tyler Chau, Communications Specialist, UNDP – tyler.chau@undp.org